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Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

1,957,190,000

% of World Population

24.7 %

People Groups

4,042

Unreached Groups

3,494 (86.4 %)

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Photo People Group Country Population ▼ Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherent 		%
Evangelical 		Scripture
Status 		Est. Workers
Needed *
Badhai (Muslim traditions) India 698,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 14
Fulfulde, Borgu Benin 697,000 Fulfulde, Borgu Islam ● 1.40 % 0.80 % New Testament 14
Persian Turkey 693,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 0.30 % 0.10 % Complete Bible 14
Musi Indonesia 685,000 Musi Islam ☀ 0.07 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 14
Yao, Muslim Tanzania 673,000 Yao Islam ● 2.00 % 1.20 % Complete Bible 13
Manihar India 673,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 13
Ngindo Tanzania 671,000 Ngindo Islam ● 22.00 % 3.00 % New Testament -
Baggara, Messiria Sudan 670,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 13
Mallik (Muslim traditions) India 666,000 Gujarati Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 13
Mum, Bamun Cameroon 656,000 Bamun Islam ● 8.50 % 2.40 % Complete Bible -
Kazakh Russia 655,000 Kazakh Islam ● 0.10 % 0.01 % Complete Bible 13
Maninka, Western Mali 655,000 Maninkakan, Western Islam ● 2.00 % 0.20 % Bible Portions 13
Aringa Uganda 652,000 Aringa Islam ● 1.90 % 1.50 % New Testament 13
Bhisti India 647,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 13
Arab, Egyptian Saudi Arabia 645,000 Arabic, Egyptian Spoken Islam ● 13.00 % 2.00 % Complete Bible -
Rufaa, Rufaiyin Sudan 644,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ● 0.20 % 0.03 % New Testament 13
Pashtun Ghilzai Pakistan 643,000 Pashto, Central Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 13
Konyanka Guinea 642,000 Maninka, Konyanka Islam ☀ 0.02 % 0.02 % Bible Portions 13
Arab, Egyptian Libya 641,000 Arabic, Egyptian Spoken Islam ● 8.00 % 0.50 % Complete Bible -
Dongxiang China 636,000 Dongxiang Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 13
Tekna Morocco 633,000 Arabic, Hassaniyya Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % New Testament 13
Fulani, Western Niger 633,000 Fulfulde, Western Niger Islam ☀ 0.02 % 0.01 % New Testament 13
Pashtun Afridi Pakistan 633,000 Pashto, Central Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 13
Pashtun Durrani Pakistan 631,000 Pashto, Central Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 13
Bedouin, Sanusi Libya 626,000 Arabic, Libyan Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 13
Totals: 4,042 Peoples   1,957,190,000     3,494 ●       35,721
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